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Lexicon :: Strong's H3409 - yārēḵ

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יָרֵך
Transliteration
yārēḵ
Pronunciation
yaw-rake'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be soft
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TWOT Reference: 916a

Strong’s Definitions

יָרֵךְ yârêk, yaw-rake'; from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side:—× body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H3409 in the following manner: thigh (21x), side (7x), shaft (3x), loins (2x), body (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H3409 in the following manner: thigh (21x), side (7x), shaft (3x), loins (2x), body (1x).

  1. thigh, side, loin, base

    1. thigh

      1. outside of thigh (where sword was worn)

      2. loins (as the seat of procreative power)

    2. side (flank) (of object)

    3. base

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָרֵךְ yârêk, yaw-rake'; from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side:—× body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
STRONGS H3409: Abbreviations
† יָרֵךְ noun feminineNumbers 5:27 thigh, loin, side, base (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יַרְכָּא; Zinjirli ירך loin; Assyrian arku, arkâtu, back, rear, hereafter DlHWB 242; Arabic bdb043704 hip) — absolute יָרֵךְ Judges 15:8 + 6 times; construct יֶ֫רֶךְ Genesis 24:9 + 11 times + 2 Samuel 3:27 (see below); suffix יְרֵכִי Genesis 24:2; Genesis 47:29; יְרֵכֵךְ Numbers 5:21; יְרֵכוֺ Genesis 32:26 + 6 times; יְרֵכָהּ Exodus 25:31+ 3 times; dual יְרֵכַיִם Exodus 28:42; suffix יְרֵכַיִךְ Songs 7:2; —
1. thigh,
a. outside of thigh, where sword was worn, שִׂים חֶרֶב עַליְֿרֵכוֺ Exodus 32:27 (E); וַיַחְגֹּר אֹתָהּ עַליֶֿרֶךְ יְמִינוֺ Judges 3:16 and he girded it upon his right thigh, Judges 3:21; Psalm 45:4; Songs 3:8; כַּף הַיָּרֵךְ Genesis 32:33 hollow of the thigh, Genesis 32:26 (twice in verse); Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] (all J); חַמּוּקֵי יְרֵכַיִךְ Cant 7:2 the roundings of thy thighs; מִמָּתְנַיִם וְעַדיְֿרֵכַיִם Exodus 28:42 (P); || בֶּטֶן Numbers 5:21, 22, 27 (P); צֹלֵעַ עַליְֿרֵכוֺ Genesis 32:32 (J), limping upon his thigh; סָפַק עַליָֿרֵח Jeremiah 31:19 and (with אֶלֿ) Ezekiel 21:17, smite upon, thigh, in token of consternation; וַיַּךְ אוֺתָם שׁוֺק עַלֿ יָרֵךְ Judges 15:8 and he smote them, hip upon thigh, a great slaughter.
b. thigh = loins, as seat of procreative power (RSK. 34; Semitic i, 360 (380)) יֹצְאֵי ירך those proceeding from the loins of any one Genesis 46:26; Exodus 1:5 (both P), Judges 8:30; hence שִׂים יַד תַּחַת ירך place the hand under thigh, in taking oath Genesis 24:2, 9 (J), Genesis 47:29.
2. side (flank) of altar 2 Kings 16:14; Leviticus 1:11 (P); of tabernacle Exodus 40:22, 24; Numbers 3:29, 35 (all P); also יֶרֶךְ הַשַּׁעַר (for MT תּוֺךְ הַשּׁ׳) Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr Bu Kit.
3. base (loins) of candlestick Exodus 25:31; Exodus 37:17; Numbers 8:4 (all P).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3410.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:2; 24:2; 24:9; 24:9; 32:26; 32:26; 32:32; 32:32; 46:26; 47:29; 47:29

Exodus

1:5; 25:31; 25:31; 28:42; 28:42; 32:27; 37:17; 40:22; 40:24

Leviticus

1:11

Numbers

3:29; 3:35; 5:21; 5:21; 5:22; 5:27; 5:27; 8:4

Judges

3:16; 3:21; 8:30; 15:8; 15:8

2 Samuel

3:27

2 Kings

16:14

Psalms

45:4

Song of Songs

3:8; 7:2; 7:2

Jeremiah

31:19

Ezekiel

21:17

H3409

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Strong's Number H3409 matches the Hebrew יָרֵך (yārēḵ),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - And Abraham said to his servant, the eldest of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put thy hand, I pray thee, under my thigh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore unto him concerning that matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:25 - And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of Jacob's thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:31 - And as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32 - Therefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh -- the sinew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:26 - All the souls that came with Jacob to Egypt, that had come out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives: all the souls were sixty-six.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - And the days of Israel approached that he should die. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:5 - And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold; of beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:42

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42 - And thou shalt make them linen trousers to cover the flesh of nakedness; from the loins even to the hips shall they reach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he said to them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his hip; go and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - And he made the candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work he made the candlestick: its base, and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, opposite to the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11 - And he shall slaughter it on the side of the altar northward before Jehovah; and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29 - The families of the sons of Kohath encamped on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the prince of the father's house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They encamped on the side of the tabernacle northward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - -- then the priest shall adjure the woman with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman: Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to shrink, and thy belly to swell;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this water that bringeth the curse shall enter into thy bowels, to make the belly to swell, and the thigh to shrink. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she have been defiled, and have committed unfaithfulness against her husband, that the water that bringeth the curse shall enter into her, for bitterness, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall shrink; and the woman shall become a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 - And this was the work of the candlestick: it was of beaten gold; from its base to its flowers was it beaten work; according to the form which Jehovah had shewn Moses, so had he made the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - And Ehud made him a sword having two edges, it was of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right hip.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:30 - Now Gideon had seventy sons who had come out of his loins, for he had many wives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the cliff Etam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:14 - And the brazen altar which was before Jehovah, he brought forward from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it by the side of his altar on the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:3 - Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, in thy majesty and thy splendour;

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8 - They all hold the sword, Experts in war; Each hath his sword upon his thigh Because of alarm in the nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:1 - How beautiful are thy footsteps in sandals, O prince's daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after I knew myself, I smote upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, for I bear the reproach of my youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall be against my people, it shall be against all the princes of Israel: they are given up to the sword along with my people: smite therefore upon the thigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:4 - Gather the pieces thereof into it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones:
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